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Tuesday, May 30, 2023

AMERICANA / PSYCHEDELICS MAY BETTER TREAT DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY SYMPTOMS THAN PRESCRIPTION ANTIDEPRESSANTS FOR PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED CANCER


The headline above sits atop of a recent article published in TheConversation.com 

 CLICK HERE for the article by C. Michael White, Professor of Pharmacy Practice University of Connecticut Here’s a snippet: 

“…People who develop PTSD from military service or physical or sexual violence commonly experience depression and anxiety. Research on MDMA-facilitated psychotherapy, in which psychotherapists incorporate psychedelic sessions with traditional counseling, has shown that this treatment approach can effectively reduce PTSD symptoms by allowing patients to be willing and able to share traumatic memories to help process them. 

These reductions were larger than those seen in studies on prescription antidepressants alone. Based on this research, my team and I hypothesize that psychedelic sessions might have an advantage over traditional prescription antidepressants for patients with cancer-related depression or anxiety because it may help them deal with their underlying trauma…”

 

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